New technologies often begin by what has gone before, and they change the world later. Think how long it took power-using companies to recognize that with electricity they did not need to cluster their machinery around the power source, as in the days of steam. Instead, power could be their processes. In that sense, many of today’s computer networks are still in the steam age. Their full potential remains unrealized.
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That the President manages the economy is an assumption the prevailing wisdom that dominates electoral politics in the United States. As a result, presidential elections have become referenda on the business cycle, whose fortuitous turnings are the President. Presidents are properly accountable for their executive and legislative performance, and certainly their actions may have profound effects on the economy. But these effects are
. Unfortunately, modern political campaigns are fought on the untenable premise that Presidents can deliberately produce precise economic results.
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1. mimicking:“In that sense, many of today’s computer networks are still in the steam age”
2. 后面说这些economic results不容易察觉,民众却说是president故意弄出来的...
意思就是这些results被错误地归到了president身上。。
第一道题,因为之前说“did not need to cluster their machinery around the power source”, 所以,电可以被传输到公司去, power could be transmitted to their processes, power 指的是 电,their 指的是companies。